Obituaries

Paulie Marie Blankenship
May 18, 1950-Nov. 28, 2016
Paulie Marie Blankenship, 66, died early on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016. She died at home from a swift and sudden heart attack, with her husband Harvey Blankenship by her side. “She went home to be with her Lord and Savior,” her family said....

Ruth S. Gnad
June 17, 1917-Nov. 14, 2016
Mrs. Ruth S. Gnad, aged 99 of Homer, died Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, at South Peninsula Hospital.
Ruth was born on June 17, 1917, in Briggsdale, Colo.
Ruth graduated from college with a bachelor’s degree in education. She moved to Anchorage in 1961 and then to ...

Gary Michael Horrell
Feb. 28, 1949-Oct. 28, 2016
Gary Michael Horrell, 67, died Oct. 28, 2016, in Mill Creek, Wash. A long time Alaskan and former resident of Homer, he was born Feb. 28, 1949, in Anchorage. Gary relocated to Anacortes, Wash., where his grandparents lived and his mother grew up. He w...

March 4, 1960-Oct. 12, 2016
Homer resident Mr. James Patrick Nestor, 56, died Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, at his home in Homer.
No services will be held at this time.
Mr. Nestor was born March 4, 1960, in Evergreen Park, Ill. He graduated from Oaklawn High School in 1978. He received an associate’s ...

Sept. 9, 1956-Oct. 3, 2016
Longtime Homer resident and Cook Inlet fisherman Paul Mackie died Oct. 3, 2016, in his home overlooking Kachemak Bay. His wife and brother were at his side. Paul was 60 years old....

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Obituaries
Jimmie D. Watkins
Oct. 12, 1945 – Sept. 22, 2016
Longtime Homer resident Jimmie D. Watkins died Sept. 22, 2016 at Providence Hospital in Anchorage. He was 70.
He was born Oct. 12, 1945, in Marysville, Calif., and his early childhood was on a ranch/farm surrounded by fruit orchards near ...

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